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		</div><p>Polls have closed across Australia with early counting of the general elections results suggesting the ruling conservative coalition is at risk of losing several seats.</p>
<p>After years of political turmoil, leaders of the major parties are each promising to bring stability to a government long mired in chaos.</p>
<p>The elections, which pit the conservative coalition government against the centre-left Labor Party, cap a volatile period in the nation&#8217;s politics.</p>
<p>Australian political parties can change their leaders under certain conditions and have done so in recent years with unprecedented frequency.</p>
<p>Should Labor win, its leader Bill Shorten would become Australia&#8217;s fifth prime minister in three years. The winner will likely be known late on Saturday.</p>
<p>A poll published in The Australian newspaper on Saturday showed the coalition leading by 50.5% to Labor&#8217;s 49.5%.</p>
<p>The Newspoll was based on nationwide interviews with 4,135 voters conducted between Tuesday and Friday, and has a 3% margin of error.</p>
<p><amp-youtube layout="responsive" width="696" height="392" data-videoid="raRrOM9cY2w" title="Australian Voters Head to Polls in Dead-heat Election"><a placeholder href="https://youtu.be/raRrOM9cY2w"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/raRrOM9cY2w/hqdefault.jpg" layout="fill" object-fit="cover" alt="Australian Voters Head to Polls in Dead-heat Election"></a></amp-youtube></p>
<p>The so-called revolving-door prime ministership, coupled with global instability wrought by Britain&#8217;s recent vote to leave the European Union, prompted promises by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that sticking with the status quo was the safer choice.</p>
<p>&#8220;In an uncertain world, Labor offers only greater uncertainty,&#8221; Mr Turnbull warned in one of his final pitches to voters this week. &#8220;They have nothing to say about jobs, growth or our economic future.&#8221;</p>
<p>Labor, meanwhile, has sought throughout the eight-week campaign to cast Mr Turnbull&#8217;s Liberal Party as deeply divided, with Mr Shorten saying: &#8220;You cannot have stability without unity.&#8221;</p>
<p>Selling stability is a tough job for either party, both of which have been marred by infighting in recent years.</p>
<p>Mr Shorten played a key role in ousting two of the Labor Party&#8217;s own prime ministers in the space of three years, and Mr Turnbull himself ousted Tony Abbott as prime minister in an internal party showdown less than a year ago.</p>
<p>Up until 2007, conservative John Howard served as prime minister for nearly 12 years.</p>
<p>Many Aussies who lined up at the polls were weary of the constant change.</p>
<p>Morag McCrone, who voted for Labor at a polling station in Sydney, acknowledged her choice could lead to yet another new prime minister, but could not bring herself to vote for Mr Turnbull&#8217;s party.</p>
<p>&#8220;Internationally, it&#8217;s embarrassing,&#8221; Ms McCrone said of the endless stream of leadership changes. &#8220;It&#8217;s a bit like ancient Rome at times, really.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sydney resident Beau Reid, who also voted for Labor, agreed.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m getting a little bit sick of it,&#8221; Mr Reid said. &#8220;Not to say that John Howard was a great prime minister, but it was good to have someone who was at the helm for a period that wasn&#8217;t two (or) three years.&#8221;</p>
<p>Though the race is tight, polls suggest that Labor will not be able to gain the 21 seats it needs to form a majority government in the 150-seat House of Representatives.</p>
<p>Labor currently holds 55 seats, the conservative coalition has 90, and minor parties and independents have five.</p>
<p>Polls have also shown that the public&#8217;s frustration with Labor and the coalition may prompt an unusually high number of votes for minor parties, such as the Greens.</p>
<p>That raises the prospect that neither Labor nor the coalition will end up with enough seats to win an outright majority, resulting in a hung parliament.</p>
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